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Rafetus bohemicus

Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae

Taxonomy
Trionyx bohemicus was named by Liebus (1930). Its type specimen is MMUL 633 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Preschen, which is in a Burdigalian terrestrial horizon in the Most Formation of the Czech Republic.

It was recombined as Rafetus bohemicus by Georgalis and Joyce (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Trionyx bohemicus Liebus
2017Rafetus bohemicus Georgalis and Joyce

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
familyTrionychidaeGray 1825
subfamilyTrionychinaeGray 1825
genusRafetus
speciesbohemicus()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Rafetus bohemicus Liebus 1930
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. L. Georgalis and W. G. Joyce 2017Rafetus bohemicus is differentiated from Rafetus swinhoei by being significantly smaller and from Rafetus euphraticus by having a more pronounced constriction to the xiphiplastra